United Kingdom Mid-Term Report 2016-2018 – For Public Comment

In 2018, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM)The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is OGP’s accountability arm and the main means of tracking progress in participating countries. The IRM provides independent, evidence-based, and objective ... published the progress report for the UK’s third action planAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen.... The report covers the development and first year of implementation of the action plan May 2016 through October 2017.

In the UK, the findings of the report from the IRM researcher Ben Worthy of Birkbeck College, University of London, are summarized below:

“Commitments in the United Kingdom’s (UK) third action plan have lowered ambitionAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, OGP commitments should “stretch government practice beyond its current baseline with respect to key areas of open government.” Ambition captures the po... in relation to previous OGP cycles. Institutional change and political context in the country have impacted its level of completionImplementers must follow through on their commitments for them to achieve impact. For each commitment, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) evaluates the degree to which the activities outlin....”

The version of the report for public comment is available here. The two-week public comment period closed 30 April 2018.